MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641007500 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 26, for 'a platform-based system and method for force-responsive train state detection.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Muchenedi Hari Kishor; Aditya Kaleeswar G K; and Manthiraju Sri Vijaya Karthikeya.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A platform-based system and method for force-responsive train state detection is disclosed. The system comprises a sensing arrangement (100) associated with a railway track at a station platform and a controller configured to process sensing signals indicative of train interaction with the track. Force-responsive sensing elements (200) are positioned at defined locations along the platform and are configured to measure a normal force exerted by train wheels on the railway track. A processing interface (300, 400) supplies event-based outputs to a central controller executing train state classification logic (500). The controller classifies a train condition as a stopped condition or a pass-through condition based on a duration for which the normal force is sustained at a predefined halting location. Secure communication of sensing data (600) and predictive health monitoring of the sensing elements (700, 800) are also disclosed. The system operates entirely using infrastructure-side sensing without reliance on train-mounted equipment or electrical track-circuit occupancy detection."
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